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Minister of Education received Courtsey Call from Director General of ISESCO

Jul 11, 2018

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The Honourable Dato Paduka Awang Haji Hamzah bin Haji Sulaiman, Minister of Education of Brunei Darussalam today, received a courtesy call from His Excellency, Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, Director General of Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) based in Rabat, Morocco, who is on a working visit to Brunei Darussalam.

Through this visit, H.E. Dr. Abdulaziz aims to strengthen the existing and future partnership between ISESCO and Brunei Darussalam. Also present at the courtesy call from the Ministry of Education of Brunei Darussalam were Yang Mulia Datin Paduka Dr. Hajah Romaizah binti Haji Mohd. Salleh, Deputy Minister of Education, Yang Mulia Dr Haji Azman bin Ahmad, Acting Permanent Secretary and officials from the Ministry of Education.

H. E. Dr. Abdulaziz highlighted the strong relationship between ISESCO and Brunei Darussalam through the Ministry of Education as the focal of ISESCO in Brunei Darussalam. Potential areas of cooperation to be explored between ISESCO and Brunei Darussalam through science and technology, halal industry, renewable energy and 21st century education focusing on school leaders and quality teachers were also discussed.

After the courtesy call, H.E. Dr. Abdulaziz had the opportunity to visit Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) to discuss on future collaboration in higher education followed by a tour of UBD Botanical Research Centre. As part of the program, H.E. Dr. Abdulaziz will also be visiting Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) and continued by a visit to Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB). While in Brunei Darussalam, H.E. Dr. Abdulaziz will also visit Brunei Darussalam’s national cultural landmarks such as The Brunei History Centre and Brunei Royal Regalia Museum.